יקטן

Hebrew

Root
ק־ט־ן (q-ṭ-n)

Etymology

From קֶטוֹן (katón, “to be small; unworthy”).

Pronunciation

• (Modern Israeli Hebrew) IPA^(key): /jokˈtan/

Proper noun

יָקְטָן • (yoqtán) m

1. (biblical) Joktan (one of the two sons of Eber).

Descendants

• → Ancient Greek: Ιεκτάν (Iektán)
• → English: Joktan
• → Latin: Iectan

References

• H6389 in Strong, James (1979) Strong’s Exhaustive Concordance to the Bible